Baseball Prospectus: Articles Tagged Babe Ruthhttp://www.baseballprospectus.com/tag/Babe Ruth/
Wezen-Ball: The Life of Babe Ruth, Illustrated by <a class='author' href="/author/larry_granillo/">Larry Granillo</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19214
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19214From "Babe Ruth's Sports Comics", a Golden Age comic book, a look at Babe Ruth's start in the big leagues.Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:20:00 -0800The Platoon Advantage: All Done With All-Time Teams by <a class='author' href="/author/michael_bates/">Michael Bates</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16513
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16513There's not much to be gained by ranking across generations. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700The BP Wayback Machine: Spring Training, What's it Good For? by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16097
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16097Spring training has become far more professional and predictable since its earliest days.Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800The BP Broadside: Babe Ruth's Fat Dead Cat(s) by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13282
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13282Teaching the meaning of the replacement level to old sportswriters and other children.Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:00:00 -0700Prospectus Idol Entry: Babe Ruth the Pitcher by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=169">Brian Oakchunas</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9092
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9092Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:00:00 -0700You Could Look It Up: The Babe and Beau James by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7223
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7223History repeats itself, not just in the larger scheme, but even in the anecdotes it generates.Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:00 -0700Schrodinger's Bat: Tilting the Playing Field by <a class='author' href="/author/dan_fox/">Dan Fox</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6648
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6648Returning to a subject from this past winter, Dan digs in to discuss the all-time greats.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:00:00 -0700The Answer by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a> and <a class='author' href="/author/clay_davenport/">Clay Davenport</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6454
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6454Sorting out the all-time achievements of the game's greatest sluggers can give us an answer we can all agree upon.Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:00:00 -0700You Could Look It Up: Bonds is Ruthless by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5103
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5103Steven takes us back to 1919, when Babe Ruth blazed a path through new media that ensured his star would shine more brightly in history than any other, including a certain contemporary slugger.Sun, 21 May 2006 21:00:00 -0700You Could Look It Up: On Bonds and The Babe by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3480
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=3480When Bonds passes Aaron, if not before, there will be a rush to anoint him as the greatest something. Greatest home run hitter. Greatest actor in a non-singing part in a musical. Greatest beer and cheese combination. Greatest baseball player. This would be extremely short-sighted. To displace Ruth as the greatest ballplayer of all time, the aspirant must meet a higher standard. If the greatest baseball player is measured not just in muscles and eye-hand coordination but in his impact on sports and society as a whole, then Babe Ruth owns the title and has never lost it, never wavered in his possession of it, and never will.Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:00:00 -0700You Could Look It Up: Spring Training, What's It Good For? by <a class='author' href="/author/steven_goldman/">Steven Goldman</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2643
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2643The history of spring training is one of ongoing professionalization and standardization, which is a 13-syllable way of saying, "All eccentricities have been stomped out of it." In the early days of spring training, teams lacked set destinations. There were no permanent Florida or Arizona complexes, the Dodger installation at Vero Beach not coming until mid-century. Depending on the year and where the manager felt like spending his spring, teams trained in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Catalina Island, California, the Dominican Republic. Ernest Hemingway figures in a number of spring training stories because the hard-drinking Papa frequently crossed paths with the hard-drinking Dodgers when they trained in Cuba during the 1940s. Most of the stories revolve around Hemingway and closer Hugh Casey getting drunk and beating the heck out of each other. As Papa wrote in The Sun Also Rises: "Oh, Jake," Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together." "Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?" Today, teams have expensive stadiums waiting for them, some appendages of theme parks. There are no more holdouts, no Rickey Hendersons who report late because they can't be bothered to start on time. But for Dominicans with visa problems, punctuality is the rule. If the training season is used for anything more fun than training, it's kept on the down low.Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:00:00 -0800Prospectus Q&A: Dr. Chris Yeager by <a class='author' href="/author/will_carroll/">Will Carroll</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17055
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17055Dr. Chris Yeager: I finished my Ph.D. at Southern Miss and my study was on the biomechanics of the baseball swing--specifically the effect of the stride and weight shift in the swing. Based on that and my research is where I draw my philosophy and conclusions on how force is produced in the baseball swing.Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:26:00 -0800Prospectus Feature: The Curse of the Moose by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=31">John Brattain</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16567
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16567I can think of only one good thing about Ken Griffey Jr.'s injury: it's a legend in the making, right up there with the Curse of the Bambino, and it reinforces why baseball is the greatest game on earth.Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:39:00 -0700Doctoring The Numbers: The Bonds Edition by <a class='author' href="/author/rany_jazayerli/">Rany Jazayerli</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1205
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1205Mon, 17 Sep 2001 21:00:00 -0700Aim For The Head: Barry Bonds and the Three True Outcomes by <a class='author' href="/author/keith_woolner/">Keith Woolner</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1032
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1032Tue, 22 May 2001 21:00:00 -0700The Greatest Home Run Hitters of All Time by <a class='author' href="/news/index.php?author=101">James Kushner</a>http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=425
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=425Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:00:00 -0800